Reichstag

Definitions

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

ReichstagThe Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire (and of the Weimar Republic), which was composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. This term is no longer (in 1997) applied to the German parliament. See also Bundesrath.

ReichstagThe national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). See LegislativeDiet.

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

nReichstagThe chief deliberative body in certain countries of Europe. For the Reichstag of the old Roman-German empire, see diet. In the present empire of Germany. the Reichstag, in combination with the Bundesrath (which see), exercises the legislative power in imperial matters; it is composed of 397 deputies. elected by universal suffrage. In the Transleithan division of Austria-Hungary it is composed of a House of Magnates and a lower House of Representatives. Reichstag in all these senses is often rendered in English by diet or parliament.

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

nReichstagrīhs′täh the chief deliberative body in the German Empire, exercising legislative power in conjunction with the Bundesrath: the diet of the old German Empire.

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Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Usage

In literature:

NAUMANN, Member of the Reichstag, D.U.F., p. 19.

"Gems (?) of German Thought" by Various

One instance occurred in the very first sitting of the Reichstag after hostilities had begun.

"England and Germany" by Emile Joseph Dillon

At the Reichstag elections in Germany, 25 to 30 per cent.

"Woman under socialism" by August Bebel

Reichstag was nothing but a club of heavy-weights.

"The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" by Various

However, the Reichstag could not be induced to sanction this interference with the freedom of deputies.

"Violence and the Labor Movement" by Robert Hunter

And when, therefore, the Reichstag attempts to control the executive, it is rather the Reichstag which is unconstitutional.

"German Problems and Personalities" by Charles Sarolea

As far as the ideal is concerned he was certainly right in regard to the Reichstag as well as the people.

"Life of Wagner" by Louis Nohl

I promised to attend the wedding on my return from the Reichstag.

"Waldfried" by Berthold Auerbach

Pigavetta is at present with the Reichstag, he thought in his fear.

"Klytia" by George Taylor

For many years the question was before the Budget Commission of the Reichstag, and a change soon followed the publication of this estimate.

"The Development of Rates of Postage" by A. D. Smith

During the Reichstag elections of 1881 the agitation played an active part, but without much effect, although Stocker was elected.